Can-cleaning machine



Um. M wm LLUPZ. W. 'M FROGGATT CAN CLEANING MACHINE Filed July 9( 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @n mmm.

WITNESS.v ATTORNEY Patented ct..

WILLIAM HENRY FROGGATT, OE CENTR/ALIA, ILLINOIS.

CAN-CLEANING- MACHINE.

Application filed July 9,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY FROGGATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can-Cleaning Ma chines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a comparatively simple, cheaply constructed but thoroughly eliicient device for clean ing the interior of cans or similar recep- ,tacles A further object is to produce a device of this character which maybe quickly and effectively clamped on the mouth of a can' or other receptacle, and which ,includes a combined scraper and agita-tor mounted for bothrotary and reciprocatory movement in the vessel and operable by a handle arranged exteriorly of the vessel.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will present themselves as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

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Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the improvement in applied position, the can or receptacle being in section.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view Von the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4--4 of Figure 3.

Figure is a top plan view of the improvenient.

Figure 6 isl a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a central vertical longitudiu al sectional view through the follower sleeve, its spring and the slotted tube, the shaft being in elevation.v

1n carrying out my invention, l malte use of a rod in the nature of a standard 3. The bottom of the standard is headed as at 3, and has secured thereto arched springs 4 that provide a resilient base for the shaft. The standard 3 is formed with continuous duplex spiral grooves 5.

The standard is surrounded by a hollow tubular shaft 4. The shaft 4 has an elongated slot 6 therethrough and has on its upper end a gear 7. The gear 7 is disposed 1923. Serial No. 650,523.

below a head 1() secured on the top of the standard, rThe head 10 has a substantially U-shaped offset bracket extension 25 the outer arm of which being provided with a bearing sleeve 26 for a shaft 9. The shaft 9 also finds a bearing in a boss 27 on `one side of the head 1G. The shaft has keyed thereon a pinion 8 which is in mesh with the pinion 7. The shaft has a crank handle indicated by the numeral 11.

y Surrounding the tubular shaft 4, and in contact with the hub of the pinion 7 there is a collar 27.` Preferably the hollow shaft 4 has a fiange 28 to engage the under face of 7 the collar 27. The collar has secured thereon arched spring arms 12. The arms have their free ends rounded upon themselves to provide jaws 13 which grippingly engage the beaded mouth 2 of the receptacle 1.

' Arranged for both reciprocatory and rotary movement on the shaft 5 there is a follower sleeve 14. The sleeve has a pin 15 that passes through the slot 6 in the hollow shaft 4 and is received in the spiral grooves 5 in the standard 3. The sleeve 14 hasdownwardly arched arms 15` which are pivoted, as at 17, to the outwardly rounded arms 18 of the bottle cleaner lingers 19. The fingers depend from the arms and may be integrally formed therewith.

The arms 18` inward of their pivots have angle extensions 16 which are pivoted, as at 29 to ears 30 formed on a ring member 81 that surrounds the sleeve 14. Also surrounding the sleeve 14 there is a helical spring 20 that has one end contacting the arms 15 and its other end contacting the ring member 31. By this means the ring member 31 is moved downwardly on the L sleeve to swing the arms 18 to force the wiping and scraping fingers 19 thereof against the inner wall of the receptacle.

The operation will., it is thought, be apparent. The handle 11 is turned to revolve the shaft 9 which, through the medium of its gear 8 meshing with the gear 7 will turn the hollow shaft 4, the standard 3 being held stationary. The turning of the shaft through the medium of the pin 15 in the duplex groove 5 of the stationary standard 3 imparts both a rotary and reciprocatory movement to the sleeve 14, and consequently to the wiping and scraping fingers 19 so that the utensil will be effec-tively cleaned in an easy Y and expeditious manner.

rlhe device may be readily removed from the ofthe'nftensil as the arlIS l@ Wim 4 rand the arms 18 are also arranged t-fhe'se i the neck of the receptacle.

positions when the device is inserted through Having described the invention,l claim A onlie-ined 'scraper and agitatorfor neoeptaelesfeomprislng a standard having du;-

v plex spiralgrooy'eaa headed outer end, and

archedspring fee-t 'secured thereto to res-t onth'e bottom, o'a'reoeptacle, a longitudinally slotted hollowV Shaft surrounding the Standard, `a Sleeve surrounding ,the shaft, said sle'efehavin a pin passing through theslot of the sha and enteri @the L,groove of the standard, air-Insy on the Leere; other arms pivotally ,secured theirs-toi,y fingers on 'the outer of the last mentioned arms,

beyond their pivotal nonneet'ion with the first mentioned arms, a helical spring supported :on the sleeve and bearing against the ring member for spreading the last mentioned 'arms to bring the 'fingers thereof to wiping engagement with the inner Wall of the receptaole, a gear on the outer end of the Ahollowshaf a second gear supported from the outer end of the standard in mesh with said gear, an operating handle for said last mentioned gear, 'and curved spring arms having )jaw ends to engage the mouth of the receptacle supported on but not re'volu-ble with the hollow shaft.

' In testimony whereof 'I afli-X my signature.

WLLIAM HENRY FROGGATT. 

